The tourism industry has already recovered and exceeded pre-pandemic figures. According to a report presented by the World Tourism Organization, a United Nations agency, this recovery is largely due to the increase in global air connectivity. It seems doubly ironic since, on the one hand, hypermobility is the main factor behind the spread of the […]
The Spanish National Commission for Cooperation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), belonging to the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, has selected Manises to represent Spain in the 2021 call for applications of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. The Tourism and Heritage team of the Architecture, Heritage […]
In the same way that society has changed over time, so has the tourism sector, which has transitioned from mass-scale sun-and-beach tourism to more specific activities such as gastronomic tourism, a trend that places the local product at the center of the experience as part of the cultural heritage. The initiative to patrimonialize or give […]
The world has been upended. We were confident in our jobs, in our freedom to move anywhere and to hang out with our friends and families whenever we wanted, but now this has all changed with the appearance of the pandemic we are experiencing. The world has come to a halt, travel has ended and […]
“Smart Tourism: Occupation and Gender” is the title of the second Smart Tourism Conference organized by the Universitat Politècnica de València at Campus Gandia, on September 25th and 26th. Registration is free and can be done online at jornadesturisme.webs.upv.es. The conference is aimed at students, professionals, research staff, public administrations representatives, businesses and unions. The advantages […]
The research projects in the field of tourism under development at Campus Gandia of the Universidad Politècnica de València (UPV) are mainly focused on management of sustainable tourism in heritage resources as a starting point and a fundamental element of tourism development. In this post we will try to clarify what this term consists of […]
PAIRING: The harmonious union between two things. How do we pair the Audiovisual Communication and Tourism degrees? This question had been in the back of our minds for years. We both realized the enormous potential of this union, but we wanted, we needed, to come up with an idea that was both simple and powerful […]
Recover our forgotten heritage and create a project to improve and preserve it for future generations, while creating a tourist route to diversify the offerings of la Safor. These are the objectives of the Final Degree Project “Proposal for the Development and Enhancement of the Vía Augusta Branch in the Towns of Oliva, Piles, Miramar, Guardamar and […]
Offer each visitor the routes that are best suited to their profile and the weather conditions in Pego and Les Valls. This is the purpose of the smart recommendations system developed by the graduate in Tourism from Campus Gandia of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) Lara Mengual.
